by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 27, 2020 | Press release
Anton 2 Molecular Simulation Supercomputer at PSC Available for Urgent COVID-19 Research A specialized Anton 2 supercomputer, developed by D. E. Shaw Research and hosted at PSC, is now available for urgent research with the potential to impact the national COVID-19...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 10, 2020 | Press release
University of Virginia Simulating COVID-19 Interventions on Bridges Researchers at the Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia, are working closely with PSC to perform highly detailed epidemiological studies of COVID-19 in support of U.S. federal agencies’...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 1, 2020 | Press release
PSC Provides Researchers Access to China’s National Genomics Data Center COVID-19 Database Working with collaborators at Weill Cornell Medicine, PSC is currently hosting the COVID-19 database for the National Genomics Data Center of the Chinese People’s Republic. By...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 19, 2020 | Science Highlights
Nonidentical Twins Anton 2 Simulations Show Curious Difference in Action of Paired Neurotransmitters The NMDA receptor protein underlies memory formation. It’s also an important target of drugs for conditions as different as depression, Alzheimer’s disease and...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 19, 2020 | Science Highlights
Picking Up the Beat Anton 2 Helps Identify Unexpected Pathway for Irregular-Heartbeat Drugs Irregular heartbeat—arrhythmia—causes a lot of sickness and death in the U.S. Some medications can treat arrhythmia, but they carry potentially serious side effects....
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 18, 2020 | Science Highlights
Microscopic—and Huge Bridges Powers Visualization of Whole Viruses at Atomic Level An image can help human beings make connections. That’s why a scientist from Catholic University of America is using the large-memory nodes of PSC’s Bridges platform to put together...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 17, 2020 | AI, Bridges, Science Highlights
Woodblock of an early printing press of the type used to create the Aeropagitica. By Jost Amman -Meggs, Philip B. A History of Graphic Design. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1998. (p 64), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2777036 Freedom,...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 17, 2020 | AI, Bridges, Science Highlights
A Galactic Choice Artificial Intelligence Running on Bridges Surpasses Humans at Classifying Galaxies New telescope surveys are discovering hundreds of millions of new galaxies—far more than humans can classify. A National Center for Supercomputing Applications...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 17, 2020 | Science Highlights
Tsunami. Photo by George Despiris from Pexels. Big Waves Happen Here, Too Bridges Simulations Chart Out Worst-Case Tsunami Scenarios for U.S. East Coast Recent tsunamis have killed hundreds of thousands and done vast economic damage. But even areas not known for big...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 17, 2020 | Science Highlights
Chimpanzee maxilla (upper jaw bone). Looking a Hominid in the Mouth Chimpanzee “Oral Microbiome” Shows Surprising Frequency of Species Linked to Human Disease Oral health may have a surprising impact on overall health. But scientists still don’t fully understand which...
